sleepy tiger

"It's ten o'clock." Mu Xu looked down at his watch, "Let's go back."

Li Hongyang said: "I want to open a noodle shop."

"What?" Mu Xu didn't hear what Li Hongyang said clearly.

"If there is a chance, I would like to open a noodle shop." Li Hongyang said, "You praise me for the delicious tomato and egg noodles."

"Open in Beijing?" Mu Xu asked.

"How about Wuxi, a small city in the south?" Li Hongyang said.

"Okay, I'm going to Shanghai on a business trip to meet you for dinner." Mu Xu said, "When do you plan to leave?"

"...I didn't think about it." Li Hongyang said, "Maybe it will never be possible."

"Hey." Mu Xu suddenly approached Li Hongyang, "I'll give you a sum of money, how about you go open a noodle shop?"

"I have money." Li Hongyang said, "It's not about money." He stroked Mu Xu's hair and said with a smile, "Just now you said you were a businessman, why did you start doing charity?"

"Because I have never thanked you." Mu Xu said, "I am very glad that you are willing to be by my side." He stood beside the Hongqi car and opened the door of the back seat, "If this sentence can It would be even better if I exchanged it for a meal of spicy chicken."

"Got it, I'm going to buy chicken on Saturday." Li Hongyang sat in, and Mu Xu squeezed to sit beside him, closed the car door, rolled down the window, and took Li Hongyang's hand into his palm to play with.

"Are you tired of doing business?" Li Hongyang asked.

"Tired, but easier than facing a group of little kids." Mu Xu closed his eyes and leaned on Li Hongyang's shoulder, "At least adults won't commit suicide easily."

"No, adults are more likely to commit suicide." Mu Xu adjusted his words, "I don't know which one is more tiring."

Li Hongyang approached Mu Xu, kissed the sleepy lover's forehead, and looked up at the brightly lit office buildings passing by the car window.

When the car arrived at the gate of the community, Li Hongyang asked, "Do you want to go in and sit?"

"No, I have an early meeting tomorrow." Mu Xu rubbed his eyes and sat up, "See you on Saturday."

"Okay." Li Hongyang pushed the door and got out of the car, paused for a moment with the hand closing the door, then turned to Mu Xu and said, "I will carefully consider the matter of the noodle shop."

"Remember to give me a plan." Mu Xu said.

"No problem." Li Hongyang closed the car door and walked into the narrow apartment building.

Mu Xu said to the driver: "Brother Yang, Shuxiangyuan."

The car restarted and drove up the viaduct. Mu Xu squinted his eyes and was about to fall asleep. After an unknown amount of time, the car stopped and Yang Bing said, "Mr. Mu, we're here."

"Thank you Brother Yang." Mu Xu pushed the door and got out of the car, "See you tomorrow."

"Okay." Yang Bing put on reverse gear, and the car exited the community gate and disappeared into the night.

Mu Xu stepped into the unit door. There was no elevator in the old building. He climbed up the steps, walked slowly, stood on the left hand side of the fourth floor, and took out the key to open the door.Chi Juntao was sitting on the sofa in the living room watching a movie, while Mu Xu bent over to change his shoes.

"You didn't go out to play at night?" Mu Xu asked.

"Get home before eleven o'clock." Chi Juntao said, leaning cross-legged on the corner of the sofa, holding the remote control to change channels, "I thought you weren't coming back."

"I have an early meeting tomorrow." Mu Xu said, "Pack your luggage and fly to Shanghai with me tomorrow afternoon."

"What?" Chi Juntao asked.

"Pearl Summit, I'll take you to see it." Mu Xu said, "What are you looking at?"

"Old movies." Chi Juntao said, he chose a movie at random and pressed the play button.

Mu Xu nodded, walked straight to the master bedroom, took off his armor, changed into soft pajamas, and went into the bathroom to take a hot bath.

Half an hour later, Mu Xu took a cup to the kitchen to fetch water, passing by the living room, Chi Juntao watched TV seriously.

"What movie?" Mu Xu asked.

"12 Monkeys." Chi Juntao said, "Sci-fi movies."

"OK." Mu Xu stepped into the kitchen, filled the cup with water, walked out of the kitchen, and sat on the sofa.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Chi Juntao asked.

"Wait a minute, don't be sleepy." Mu Xu said.

On the TV screen, a man with an unshaven beard and messy hair was talking and writing and drawing on the wall. Mu Xu asked, "What is he doing?"

"He traveled from the future to the past and told everyone the news of the end of the world, and they took him into a mental hospital." Chi Juntao said.

"Oh." Mu Xu took a sip of water.

"When I went out to play, I saw you and your lover. You two were eating in a restaurant, sitting next to the glass wall." Chi Juntao said, his eyes fixed on the TV screen, "You like older men ?”

"Hmm." Mu Xu said.

"It's fresh enough." Chi Juntao said, "Others like young children."

"I'm not a pedophile." Mu Xu said, "I'm not interested in young bodies."

"Why?" Chi Juntao asked.

"You like young people?" Mu Xu asked.

"I don't choose." Chi Juntao said, "There is no specific orientation."

"It's just a preference, there is no reason." Mu Xu said, "With the current basic situation, it is not easy to find a middle-aged man with a standard figure, outstanding appearance, and clean temperament."

"How long have you been looking for?" Chi Juntao asked.

"I was lucky, I only met him." Mu Xu said.

"It sounds like you're in love." Chi Juntao said.

Mu Xu turned the glass in his hand and said, "Do I look like I'm in love?"

Chi Juntao turned his head to look at him, Mu Xu's pupils were lighter in color, and his brown pupils looked like some kind of cold-blooded animal, with a sharp floating light on the surface, Chi Juntao's heart moved, they were the same kind of people.

Indifference, calmness, arrogance, and aloofness.

Chi Juntao said, "It's not like that."

"After the movie is over, pack your luggage." Mu Xu stood up, "I'm going to sleep."

"How many days are we going on a business trip?" Chi Juntao asked.

"Two days." Mu Xu walked towards the master bedroom, "Get up at eight, don't ask me to call you."

"Click."

The bedroom door closed, and the sound of a movie playing echoed in the living room.Chi Juntao watched the plot for a while, then yawned, chuckled, and cursed: "You idiot." He didn't know whether he was scolding himself or others.

In the early morning, the alarm clock rang on time. Mu Xu sat up and walked into the bathroom with his messy hair.

Chi Juntao got up earlier, stood in front of the stove, and skillfully turned the slices of bread in the pan over.

"We can go to the company to eat." Mu Xu stood at the door of the kitchen, "There is a cafeteria downstairs."

"You think it's oily." Chi Juntao said.

Mu Xu choked, and said, "Were you so considerate before?"

"Reciprocity is a courtesy." Chi Juntao said, "You helped me a lot with my thesis."

"Then one sandwich is not enough." Mu Xu said.

"Two sandwiches." Chi Juntao said.

Mu Xu sat upright at the dining table, with his hands folded on the table, like a primary school student waiting for the teacher to deliver a meal: "Thank you."

Chi Juntao sat beside Mu Xu, handed him a sandwich, and said, "In what name are you taking me to the summit?"

"Lover." Mu Xu said.

"?" Chi Juntao raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

"Assistant." Mu Xu said.

Chi Juntao took a bite of the sandwich, and pondered to find out what the sweetness was that his heart was churning just now.

"If we are lovers, neither of us will have an affair when we go to Shanghai." Mu Xu said, "It's better not to implicate each other."

Chi Juntao didn't speak, he ate the sandwich bite by bite, feeling suddenly bored.

"What's it like to have a long-term and stable lover?" Chi Juntao asked.

"What? Do you want to change your lifestyle?" Mu Xu asked.

"I just think it's too troublesome to find new people every time." Chi Juntao said.

"What you are after is novelty." Mu Xu said, "Trouble is a necessary process."

"The problem faced by a stable lover is that it lacks freshness and is not easy to escape." Mu Xu said, "You have to find a smart and transparent lover. At this time, you need a little luck."

"Then I'll find him and marry him directly." Chi Juntao said, "Why be a lover."

"If you give up, you will get something." Mu Xu said, he took out a tissue to wipe off the bread crumbs on his fingers, "You can try."

Chi Juntao looked at Mu Xu and said, "Okay, I'll try."

As soon as the words fell, Mu Xu instinctively sensed the danger. He stood up, carried the plate into the kitchen, and put it in the sink to scrub.

Chi Juntao took out his phone and sent Cao Hanyang a message [I'm going to chase someone. 】

[Cao Hanyang:? 】

[Cao Hanyang: Who? 】

[Chi Juntao: Mu Xu. 】

[Cao Hanyang: ...don't play with fire. 】

[Cao Hanyang: Why don't we break off our relationship for half a year first. 】

[Chi Juntao: I don't know how to chase people, will you? 】

【Cao Hanyang: I don’t know either, usually when I throw the Porsche keys on the table, someone comes over to strike up a conversation. 】

[Chi Juntao: Then let's break off our relationship for half a year. 】

【Cao Hanyang: ...】